The Soldiers at Lauro
The Soldiers at Lauro - meaning Summary
Youth Cut Down in War
The poem mourns young soldiers killed in battle, stressing their lost potential and interrupted lives. It contrasts images of infancy, unhealed wombs and spring growth with the permanence of cold earth, silent dust, and decaying memorials. The dead are presented as fresh-cut reeds or seeds that will never bloom, underlining the futility of premature death and the slow erasure of remembrance.
Read Complete AnalysesYoung are our dead Like babies they lie The wombs they blest once Not healed dry And yet - too soon Into each space A cold earth falls On colder face. Quite still they lie These fresh-cut reeds Clutched in earth Like winter seeds But they will not bloom When called by spring To burst with leaf And blossoming They sleep on In silent dust As crosses rot And helmets rust.
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